Was that link supposed to tell us anything other than that their stock price is about half of what it was a year ago? That's probably true for a bunch of electronics related companies and they aren't all rushing to get bought out by MS.
Baseband means whatever bandwidth it uses isn't heterodyned up to one of the many "channels" (of whatever bandwidth) stacked one on top of the other in the broadband medium the way that radio and TV signals share the airwaves or cable. In other words if the baseband signal varies between (plucks figure out of thin air or other location) 0 Hz to 3kHz, then it gets received as a 0 to 3kHz signal instead of a 50kHz to 53kHz signal that has to be shifted back down by a local oscillator or detector.
Moderators use "redundant" way too often, and apparently without considering that the second or third post to say a particular thing were probably written before the first post to say it showed up on the page. A lot of down moderation seems to be done more in anger and maliciousness than in a sincere attempt to improve the site.
In order for those italics tags to not work on Slashdot, he would have had to either not used uppercase or done that ampersand thing, so apparently he understands HTML on Slashdot just fine.
Here's how a cut and paste from the on-screen version of his comment looks.
Dear Lord Man!
By the way, AC, it took me a moment to get it, but I laughed out loud when I did.
As someone who was reading Marvel comics way back when the marching society was first created I can only assume that my failure to recognize Ditko's name until now is brain rot due to advancing age and/or exposure to Microsoft products.
Seriously, though, I only read "Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" a couple of years ago, and was amazed that so much critical acclaim had been garnered by what to me read like old sci-fi and comic books with some half-baked political philosophy mixmastered in.
Back half a century ago when this happened it probably wouldn't have occurred to anyone in the medical community to get permission from any patient, old, young, rich, poor, male, female, black, white, red, or yellow, or to have said anything about it to the patient or their families. Perhaps if the patient had been a celebrity of some sort it might have crossed their minds to consider the PR aspects, but that's about it.
And wouldn't it be delicious if the audio equipment damaged was some brand new Sony gear? If Sony's not at fault because of the CD, then they're at fault in the question of "defective in materials or workmanship" under the warranty terms on the audio equipment and liable for the cost of repairs. Then as soon as it's fixed, you play that same CD they said wasn't faulty, and let them know they've got another repair bill to pick up. Lather, rinse, repeat. Eventually, you can probably invoke some sort of "lemon law".
Congratulations on the new e-mail. Not only does it work on the make fun of slashdot level, but there's a nice symmetry to replacing an "o" with a "c" in one place, and a "c" with an "o" in another. It's so obvious once someone else thinks of it, but I was too close to have ever seen the possibility.
If we keep this up I ain't gonna have no karma left at all.:-)
Just for the record, Jethro was played by Max Baer, Jr., not Max Bear. Max Baer, Sr., was also an actor.
Adolescents with no knowledge of, or appreciation for, talents such as Poul Anderson are empowered to anonymously contribute the electronic equivalent of litter and graffiti to an otherwise somber and respectful discussion of the recently deceased and the sense of loss felt by his readers. Is this one of the blessings of the computer age?
And what part of "individual liberty and personal responsibility" covers hiding behind someone else's e-mail address? Or have you not yet figured out the difference between libertarian and libertine?
Since this is probably a one story per week kind of thing, why should I have to keep checking everytime I'm online? Why can't I have those stories show on my version of the main page? For that matter, why can't I have *all* stories show on the main page even if only as an entry in a slashbox? And shouldn't these censorship stories be in the Your Rights Online slashbox anyway?
Interesting viewpoint, but the reason to have a rebuildable CPU probably isn't to repair the existing design but to be able to improve it. Someone has to develop that new, improved design.
The manufacturing part of technological development may take a pretty bad hit, but there'll still be demand for the design side of things.
Isn't that more like the FCC says you can't get the same network feed as the local affiliates do instead of having to watch the rebroadcast by those local affiliates of those network feeds because that means you are no longer part of the audience exposed to the commercials run by those local affiliates, which means they can't charge as much for airing those commercials?
If enough people in a community start relying on satellite and cable and if they get direct feeds of NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX from them, how long until local broadcasters can't make enough to survive? That means no local news, no local weather, no operating "in the public interest".
Is there anything in your agreement with them that says you are allowed to connect your television or anything else other than your cable modem to their cable?
Didn't think so.
The above should in no way be mistaken for any lack of animosity towards "give them a license to print money and they whine about the cost of the printing press while they try to stick you with the bill for it" cable companies on my part.
"...every newscast I saw last night about Code Red, made no mention of how to innoculate your computer against the virus."
Ignoring for the moment the whole "worm vs. virus" thing, I saw a number of news reports that directed people to MS for the patch, and apparently CNN even had a link for it on Wolf Blitzer's page. On the whole, the coverage on this has been suprisingly good considering the general audience for which it is intended.
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Was that link supposed to tell us anything other than that their stock price is about half of what it was a year ago? That's probably true for a bunch of electronics related companies and they aren't all rushing to get bought out by MS.
Baseband means whatever bandwidth it uses isn't heterodyned up to one of the many "channels" (of whatever bandwidth) stacked one on top of the other in the broadband medium the way that radio and TV signals share the airwaves or cable. In other words if the baseband signal varies between (plucks figure out of thin air or other location) 0 Hz to 3kHz, then it gets received as a 0 to 3kHz signal instead of a 50kHz to 53kHz signal that has to be shifted back down by a local oscillator or detector.
Embraced (by the Iron Maiden) and extended (by the rack).
More like "Bend over and ride the LightSaber". Ouch!
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/07/30/155822 7
Moderators use "redundant" way too often, and apparently without considering that the second or third post to say a particular thing were probably written before the first post to say it showed up on the page. A lot of down moderation seems to be done more in anger and maliciousness than in a sincere attempt to improve the site.
Here's how a cut and paste from the on-screen version of his comment looks.
Dear Lord Man!
By the way, AC, it took me a moment to get it, but I laughed out loud when I did.
Seriously, though, I only read "Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" a couple of years ago, and was amazed that so much critical acclaim had been garnered by what to me read like old sci-fi and comic books with some half-baked political philosophy mixmastered in.
Back half a century ago when this happened it probably wouldn't have occurred to anyone in the medical community to get permission from any patient, old, young, rich, poor, male, female, black, white, red, or yellow, or to have said anything about it to the patient or their families. Perhaps if the patient had been a celebrity of some sort it might have crossed their minds to consider the PR aspects, but that's about it.
You haven't heard the soundtrack for this movie yet either, but perhaps you'd like to go ahead and review it as well.
And wouldn't it be delicious if the audio equipment damaged was some brand new Sony gear? If Sony's not at fault because of the CD, then they're at fault in the question of "defective in materials or workmanship" under the warranty terms on the audio equipment and liable for the cost of repairs. Then as soon as it's fixed, you play that same CD they said wasn't faulty, and let them know they've got another repair bill to pick up. Lather, rinse, repeat. Eventually, you can probably invoke some sort of "lemon law".
I was speaking of *un*intentional parodies.
If we keep this up I ain't gonna have no karma left at all. :-)
Adolescents with no knowledge of, or appreciation for, talents such as Poul Anderson are empowered to anonymously contribute the electronic equivalent of litter and graffiti to an otherwise somber and respectful discussion of the recently deceased and the sense of loss felt by his readers. Is this one of the blessings of the computer age?
"No one in their right mind..."
Here on Slashdot, however...
Nonsense. Rand's novels are some of the most entertaining comic book parodies I've ever read.
And what part of "individual liberty and personal responsibility" covers hiding behind someone else's e-mail address? Or have you not yet figured out the difference between libertarian and libertine?
Was that supposed to be an attempt at humor, or just a display of ignorance?
Since this is probably a one story per week kind of thing, why should I have to keep checking everytime I'm online? Why can't I have those stories show on my version of the main page? For that matter, why can't I have *all* stories show on the main page even if only as an entry in a slashbox? And shouldn't these censorship stories be in the Your Rights Online slashbox anyway?
The manufacturing part of technological development may take a pretty bad hit, but there'll still be demand for the design side of things.
Imagine if the Ford/Firestone mess had been reported as "If you own an SUV your tires are dangerous".
Have you tasted Code Red? I think they make it out of worms.
If enough people in a community start relying on satellite and cable and if they get direct feeds of NBC, CBS, ABC, and FOX from them, how long until local broadcasters can't make enough to survive? That means no local news, no local weather, no operating "in the public interest".
Didn't think so.
The above should in no way be mistaken for any lack of animosity towards "give them a license to print money and they whine about the cost of the printing press while they try to stick you with the bill for it" cable companies on my part.
Ignoring for the moment the whole "worm vs. virus" thing, I saw a number of news reports that directed people to MS for the patch, and apparently CNN even had a link for it on Wolf Blitzer's page. On the whole, the coverage on this has been suprisingly good considering the general audience for which it is intended.